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In a stage-managed grand show, the ruling AIADMK seeking a third term in the forthcoming T N Assembly elections (May 2021) clinched its alliance with BJP even as the Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Chennai was ostensibly to launch the state and central-funded development projects.

Takeover of the collapsing Lakshmi Vilas Bank by the Singapore based DBS Bank has come as a big relief, at least for its depositors. The best feature of this take over is that the interests of depositors have been protected. This is important for gaining confidence of the general public in the financial safety of their savings with banks.

India’s massive population under the low and lower-middle income groups is increasingly under distress as the retail inflation soared to a near six-and-a-half year high in October. The wholesale inflation too rose to eight-month high. The prices of potato rose by 107.7 percent, vegetables 25.2 percent, oil fats 20.5 percent and pulses 15.9 percent. The retail market index continues to surge a double digit growth through November — after 10.7 percent in September and 11.1 percent in October.

The sudden resignation within hours after taking charge as the new education minister of Bihar may appear to be a new political revue to many inside and outside Bihar. It appears to be a land mine implanted by the chief minister Nitish Kumar. Mewalal, a man from the Other Backward Class of Kushwaha community was accused of indulging in irregularities in appointment of teachers and scientists in the Bihar Agriculture University at Sabour as its vice chancellor in 2010. He was appointee of the Nitish Kumar regime and the chief minister had allowed the police to investigate into charges in 2012 though he was not accused of corruption in money terms.

Goa: Clever substitutions did the trick for FC Goa as the Gaurs rescued a hard-fought point after an entertaining 2-2 draw against Bengaluru FC in match four of the Hero Indian Super League Season 7 at the Fatorda Stadium here on Sunday.

Bambolim, Goa: A fresh start will be the mantra for both Odisha and Hyderabad as the two sides face each other in the Hero Indian Super League Season 7, at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Monday.

New Delhi: Bengaluru based promising racer Akhil Rabindra enabled AGS Events earn a P9 finish in the Pro-Am category at the penultimate race of the French FFSA GT Championship at the 3.8 km long Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

Vasco (Goa): In football, individual moments often decide the larger story that plays out over 90 minutes. On Saturday, Mumbai City FC learnt this the hard way. A red card and a penalty turned a game, that they were otherwise dominating, on its head and handed NorthEast United FC a winning start to Hero Indian Super League Season 7, at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco.

BHOPAL: After ensuring victory of most of the Congress defectors, the BJP has launched a project of their ideological assimilation in the party. For this the BJP organised a two day training camp. The camp was attended among others by Jyotiraditya Scindia. Besides Congress defectors, the camp was also attended by the old party members.

In a scene from the 1966 film Nayak, the hero Arindam Chatterjee, played by the Bengali matinee idol Uttam Kumar, refuses to alight from his car and address a striking workers’ gathering, despite his trade unionist friend pleading him to say a few words to the hungry labourers. Soumitra Chatterjee’s one abiding regret had been that Satyajit Ray denied him the lead role in Nayak, and had Uttam Kumar bring to life a character that was the celluloid demigod’s doppelganger, as it were. Yet, Chatterjee knew deep in his heart that it was a role that he couldn’t have essayed as viscerally as Uttam had. For Chatterjee would have got down from his car and addressed the workers, perhaps even given them company in their strike, until their demands were met.